24 January 2008

16 pairs for 16 years

The bag o' socks has become a basket o' socks (and 1 pair of mittens because I just could not make myself knit another pair of socks). This was a pretty good idea for an anniversary present, if I do say so myself, although I personally don't think I can repeat this feat, even cheating with so many sport-weight socks in the bunch! Thanks to my patient husband for letting me take pictures before he wore the items and thanks to Captain Jack and M for "assisting", both of whose socks you will spy in the pictures below.

M showing you his dinosaur socks

Laila's Socks from Folk Knitting in Estoniamodified for 8 stitch repeatOpal 6-ply in blue and gold

D-zined 55% wool/ 45% hemp

Dead Calm socks with twisted stitchesEllen's Halfpint Farm 100% merinothe camera really washed out the depth of the colors, but this is beautiful yarn

Thanks, Bezzie and Donna Lee. I started knitting these last April and finished the first 8 pairs or so by the end of June, but the second set of 8 dragged on and on, hence the mittens instead of socks for the 16th :).